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Chad Williamson 22ca14a9d9 Staging: silicom: move symbol exports beneath definitions in bypass.c Move the EXPORT_SYMBOL macros in bypass.c beneath the definitions they refer to, resolving checkpatch.pl warnings. While we're at it, use EXPORT_SYMBOL rather than EXPORT_SYMBOL_NOVERS. Signed-off-by: Chad Williamson <chad@dahc.us> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>		2013-06-17 14:31:10 -07:00
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bypasslib	Staging: silicom: move symbol exports beneath definitions in bypass.c	2013-06-17 14:31:10 -07:00
bits.h
bp_ioctl.h	Staging: silicom: minor cleanup: remove unused define	2012-09-11 14:31:52 -07:00
bp_mod.h	Staging: silicom: remove the EXPORT_SYMBOL_NOVERS macro	2013-06-17 14:31:09 -07:00
bpctl_mod.c	Staging: silicom: Fixed warning 'preferred seq_puts instead of seq_printf'.	2013-05-16 15:53:36 -07:00
bypass.h	Staging: silicom: bypass.h: checkpatch whitespace	2012-09-17 05:37:57 -07:00
Kconfig	staging: fix silicom dependencies and build errors	2012-09-21 08:56:40 -07:00
libbp_sd.h	Staging: silicom: checkpatch cleanup: header file whitespace	2012-09-17 05:37:57 -07:00
Makefile	silicom: bury bp_proc.c	2013-04-09 14:13:13 -04:00
README
TODO	Staging: silicom: Force depend on module	2012-09-10 11:19:34 -07:00

README

Theory of Operation:

The Silicom Bypass Network Interface Cards (NICs) are network cards with paired ports (2 or 4). 
The pairs either act as a "wire" allowing the network packets to pass or insert the device in 
between the two ports.  When paired with the on-board hardware watchdog or other failsafe, 
they provide high availability for the network in the face of software outages or maintenance.

The software requirements are for a kernel level driver that interfaces with the bypass and watchdog,
as well as for control software. User control can be either the provided standalone executable 
(/bin/bpctl) or the API exposed by the Silicom library.